1CREATE_MODULE(2)           Linux Programmer's Manual          CREATE_MODULE(2)
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NAME

6       create_module - create a loadable module entry
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <linux/module.h>
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11       caddr_t create_module(const char *name, size_t size);
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DESCRIPTION

14       Note: This system call is present only in kernels before Linux 2.6.
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16       create_module()  attempts to create a loadable module entry and reserve
17       the kernel memory that will be needed to hold the module.  This  system
18       call requires privilege.
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RETURN VALUE

21       On success, returns the kernel address at which the module will reside.
22       On error -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately.
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ERRORS

25       EEXIST A module by that name already exists.
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27       EFAULT name is outside the program's accessible address space.
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29       EINVAL The requested size is too  small  even  for  the  module  header
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32       ENOMEM The kernel could not allocate a contiguous block of memory large
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35       ENOSYS create_module() is not supported in this version of  the  kernel
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38       EPERM  The  caller  was not privileged (did not have the CAP_SYS_MODULE
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VERSIONS

42       This system call is present on Linux only up until kernel 2.4;  it  was
43       removed in Linux 2.6.
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CONFORMING TO

46       create_module() is Linux-specific.
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SEE ALSO

49       delete_module(2), init_module(2), query_module(2)
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COLOPHON

52       This  page  is  part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
53       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
54       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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58Linux                             2012-10-18                  CREATE_MODULE(2)
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